RMweb Gold big jim Posted November 18, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 18, 2021 Just now, Craig1989 said: When did hams hall become an aggregates terminal aswel as a container terminal? cheers Craig about 6 weeks ago I think, as much of a surprise to me as it was to you, had a booked job out of there thinking it was a container train and when I arrived discovered it was a Stone train to Hindlow! I did know hams hall was getting a Stone terminal but I thought it was going on the spur to the old power station site which is still in situ 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post big jim Posted November 19, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted November 19, 2021 Not many from today, running late into basford hall due to a train failing on the Sutton park line and having to wait for it to be rescued then following it and another train signal to signal to walsall it was light when I got to basford hall And into peak forest where 37716 was doing some shunting Back to crewe where one if our cement trains passed by 66792 again And into walsall and away it went birch coppice to rugby and then the RHTT to kings Norton tomorrow 34 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LocoMotive Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 Excellent shots Jim; these are really first rate: 21 hours ago, big jim said: Not many from today, running late into basford hall due to a train failing on the Sutton park line and having to wait for it to be rescued then following it and another train signal to signal to walsall it was light when I got to basford hall And into peak forest where 37716 was doing some shunting 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post big jim Posted November 21, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted November 21, 2021 (edited) Some from yesterday, couple of jobs, first up was a birch coppice to rugby intermodal, got my wife to drop me off there with my bike on the roof before she headed off to a hotel so we can go the Christmas market in Birmingham today Running round in birch coppice and onto the train Kingsbury jn and into rugby where I had 4 hours to wait for my next train, as I had the bike and realised I’d forgotten my gloves and helmet I rode to the Aldi to buy a new set as I’d spotted them in the middle isle earlier in the week, after doing that I rode back to the station via the cycle path along the old great central railway At one point you actually drive onto the old platform at Rugby station I then carried on to Nando’s for some dinner before heading back to the station via the cycle path that runs along the viaduct that carried the line to Leicester as I crossed the viaduct I could hear a steam engine in the distance and sure enough one was chuffing away over the flyover at the north end of rugby station turns out it was a black 5 heading from chester to euston, I didn’t realise it was sat on the goods in rugby while I was waiting for my train or I’d have gone back over there to get a few piccies, only realised when I heard it set off from there through the station just before my train appeared my train it was then a run back to kings norton with the RHTT off into Birmingham in a bit to the Christmas market and the like then back in this evening for a bescot to crewe job which I may well end up taking to hindlow, if I do I think I’ll ride from there to Matlock again but via the Monsal trail this time (weather dependent!) Edited November 21, 2021 by big jim 31 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post big jim Posted November 22, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted November 22, 2021 (edited) And some from last night, bescot to Hindlow bescot, 66747 this time I was only supposed to work it to crewe but as there was no relief I took it to Hindlow, I don’t sign the route it was booked over via guide bridge so I went crewe-Warrington-Newton le willows-eccles-manchester Piccadilly-stockport-hazel grove and chinley! had an hour in crewe so went the mess room all the way to Buxton Hindlow (this photo was taken in pretty much pitch darkness!) And run round ready to set back I was planning on riding to Matlock again but my relief came in earlier than expected and it was dark so I just rode into Buxton instead and caught the train to Middlewood where I got on the Middlewood trail to Macclesfield, this is the old line to rose hill marple, never realised before but the current Middlewood station doesn’t have a vehicle road near it, you have to walk along the old trackbed to get to it! Higher Poynton station Bollington viaduct just after this I hit the pedal crank on a low down metal pole which stopped the bike working, I had to pedal the last 3 miles like a sucker into Macclesfield, checked the bike over and have discovered 3 screws missing on the ECU cover which is what Halfords had to replace a few weeks back, I managed to get the bike going again at Macclesfield but I’ve got to call in at Halfords on the way home to see if they can fit some replacements in tonight on the 196s Edited November 22, 2021 by big jim 30 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post big jim Posted November 23, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted November 23, 2021 Just 3 from last night, 196 testing Tyseley Crewe and back to Tyseley day off today, a bit of layout time I recon 29 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post big jim Posted November 25, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted November 25, 2021 Some from last night, got the train from crewe as 37175 and 37612 came in en route to manchester tyseley, 196110 again Crewe Malcolm train passing through crewe Stafford Trafford park to Southampton service passing through the station 32 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted November 25, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 25, 2021 The 37s sound like a proper diesel..the 66s sound a bit... "wussie".. Baz 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 5BarVT Posted November 25, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 25, 2021 1 hour ago, Barry O said: The 37s sound like a proper diesel..the 66s sound a bit... "wussie".. Baz Mind you, the 37s were accelerating away whereas the 66 was coasting down to TV Junction. They sound better under power, albeit still ‘different’. Nice to see a glimpse of flashing for the turnout. Paul. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post big jim Posted November 26, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted November 26, 2021 Just a few from last night, final night of 196 testing this week I believe this wagon at Tyseley has the distinction of being the oldest wagon used on the network as it’s used ‘mainline’ to travel with rubbish between the carriage sidings and the factory side of Tyseley depot, hauled by the class 08 they have on site A shorter job last night, just crewe and back to complete the mileage required to be accepted back to 66s tonight 30 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Departmental203 Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 Nice video of 37716 there, can't beat some good old "Tractor" thrash! Although I'm scracthing my head at why it's being used at Peak Forest again when it wasn't deemed satisfactory when it did the same job three years ago, read that the loco was put under strain At least it's something special, albeit it's about 300 miles away from me! Jules Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post big jim Posted November 27, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted November 27, 2021 Some from last night and this morning first up, bescot to rugby rugby taxi back to bescot to work another to rugby but the driver of the other train realised we would be following each other from walsall so we did a swap there and he went to rugby and I went to hams hall bescot Walsall My other train arriving for the swap Hams hall And then another one from hams hall to bescot And into bescot Running round in the snow And homeward bound, again in the snow in Wolverhampton back tonight for the RHTT from rugby to kings norton 34 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Andy7 Posted November 27, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 27, 2021 Absolutely cracking night shots Jim. That phone is doing a sterling job. Thanks for keeping us updated with the current scene. 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post big jim Posted November 27, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted November 27, 2021 The hardest thing with the new phone is keeping the lens free from grease or smudges, you can see in the first picture below how it effects the lights anyway some from this evening, RHTT rugby to Kings Norton, running mega early due to the passenger service being all over the place thanks to the storm last night rugby Pretty much non stop to kings norton arriving in 2 hours early! one stupid little light engine move tomorrow toton to bescot, hardly seems with coming in for! 26 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post CovDriver Posted November 28, 2021 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted November 28, 2021 Seems like your having a better time than me on Friday morning I was supposed to be prepping units at Birmingham International until I discovered dragging brakes on the rear vehicle and had to wait for fitters to isolate all the brakes on tha vehicle. Ended up waiting 5 hours for a path to Northampton King's Heath Depot. Then yesterday morning I hit a tree at Adderley Park at 80mph that was an interesting few minutes. Cheers Colin 22 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianwales Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 (edited) 35 minutes ago, CovDriver said: Then yesterday morning I hit a tree at Adderley Park at 80mph that was an interesting few minutes. Cheers Colin Ouch. you Okay? We had a fair few trees down in S wales, but, we had a blanket 40mph speed restriction so didn't get any major incidents. Edited November 28, 2021 by ianwales 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold wombatofludham Posted November 28, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 28, 2021 15 hours ago, big jim said: Walsall Interesting to see that you are in the platform road. I know they removed the stop blocks at the other end a while ago but despite that the passenger service still treats the line as a dead end. Does much traffic get routed through the platform or was this a rare movement? Never quite understood why the passenger service isn't concentrated on the island platform now both are through routes again, given the to Rugeley platform is inaccessible from the main station except by a tortuous walk out of the station before re-entering via the old parcels building. Would make operation of the station much simpler. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted November 28, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 28, 2021 Yeah go through that quite a bit late at night, normally in the day there is a terminating unit in the platform so you cross at pleck i remember not long after starting with colas I was working my first train through walsall having not done it for a while (a good 3 years!) since the old fastline coal trains from ironbridge, I’d ‘refreshed’ the route and put it back on my card but not realised they had removed the blocks and it was now a through road. I came round from bescot on greens and into the station only to suddenly have that sinking feeling that I was heading up the dead end road into the (now non existent) buffer stops! I threw the brake in but then thought, hang in I’m running on greens so I can’t be heading to the blocks, I then crept into the platform before realising I could get all the way through! 5 2 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold wombatofludham Posted November 28, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 28, 2021 So what was the squeakiest, the brakes or your bum? 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
balders Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 14 hours ago, big jim said: The hardest thing with the new phone is keeping the lens free from grease or smudges, you can see in the first picture below how it effects the lights anyway some from this evening, RHTT rugby to Kings Norton, running mega early due to the passenger service being all over the place thanks to the storm last night rugby Pretty much non stop to kings norton arriving in 2 hours early! one stupid little light engine move tomorrow toton to bescot, hardly seems with coming in for! Saw this particular train from the Aston - Stechford line as we travelled towards Cov, passing beneath us towards Saltley. That would have made an interesting photo.......DB 90 on the blue/grey MK2's above! Regards Guy 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted November 28, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 28, 2021 Yeah I did spot the charter going over the top of me at washwood Heath! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted November 28, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 28, 2021 8 hours ago, wombatofludham said: So what was the squeakiest, the brakes or your bum? little from column A, little from column B 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post big jim Posted December 1, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted December 1, 2021 Been a quiet week so far, Sunday was cancelled, Monday’s Hindlow cancelled due to the snow and a change of job as a driver tested positive for COVID so is off for 10 days so I ended up with the trafford park job last night instead of a small Heath got it again tonight and tomorrow too landor st class 70 shunting in basford hall styal Trafford park running round And being loaded 27 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post big jim Posted December 2, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted December 2, 2021 Trafford park job again landor st, ECS voyager heading to central rivers Basford hall Trafford park, running round Unloading Crewe in a light flurry of snow Nuneaton same again tonight 32 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium GWRPhil Posted December 2, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 2, 2021 28 minutes ago, big jim said: Unloading Really like this shot. For me brilliantly atmospheric and a great angle. 4 13 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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